Words in deep blue by Cath Crowley: 23 Feb, 2017

"A second-hand bookstore, a love story, and a letter-library: all of these things are mentioned on the blurb of Cath Crowley’s new book, Words In Deep Blue. Really, why wouldn’t you want to read something that has these as offerings?" – Katherine Dretzke

Cath Crowley is an award-winning author of Young Adult fiction. Her novels include The Gracie Faltrain trilogy, Chasing Charlie Duskin, Graffiti moon and Words in deep blue. In 2011 Graffiti moon won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction, the Ethel Turner Award for Young People's Literature, and was named an honour book in the Children's Book Council's Book of the Year.

Crowley will join us for a Q&A on Thursday, 23 February between 8 and 9pm. Please leave any questions you have below. (And discuss the book at your leisure!)

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Hey Cath! I know this is a big question but I'm sure aspiring and emerging writers would find it immensely helpful... did you have a specific writing process when you were writing this novel? And if so, could you give us a rough idea of what that was? ☺️

Hi Jen, I'm not sure my process for this novel will help - but maybe what I learnt from that process might. I tried to plot first - basically I tried to fight my natural process, which is to think and dream and journal and then when I have a larger work, plot it, and then go back and rewrite. I need to let the ideas come before I plot. I'm going back to that even though it takes longer.

Thanks Cath! <3